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To ask whats your biggest pet peeve

138 replies

TheLoneWolfDies · 20/03/2019 22:04

Just curious to see what really gets on peoples nerves?
Heres just a couple of mine..
-Loud chewers.
-People who are rude to anyone working in customer service.
-Mopeds.
-The fact that DP rolls his socks off his feet and everytime I'm doing the washing i have to go through it and open out the socks (this is a big one)
-The colour yellow 😂

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JellyBeanScene · 21/03/2019 09:18

At the moment it's recipes that are too vague. Three eggs. What size? One tablespoon of soy sauce. Light or dark? I need to know.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 21/03/2019 09:22

People that don’t indicate on roundabouts
People that tailgate
People that don’t let you merge of a slip road
People that stand right up next to you at the supermarket when you’re packing and paying
People that come and sit right next to you in a restaurant/cinema/GP surgery when there’s plenty of other seats available

dragongirlx · 21/03/2019 09:27

People who stand in front of doors, walkways , escalators, stairs and then get upset when they are asked to move.
People who don't indicate.
People who have loud conversations right next to my desk when I am on the phone. They do get told to go away a lot.
Politicians

wildbhoysmama · 21/03/2019 10:11

People who walk heavily on shoes ( I'm looking at you Mr Brogues clip clopping up the corridor past my office 1000 times a day!). People who like to look as if they're more important than anyone else- papers I hand/ speaking loudly on phone.

Bezalelle · 21/03/2019 10:24

People who follow the status quo/party line/'right'-think without actually considering the issue. e.g.

You're religious? OMG you believe in sky-fairies and oppression.
You're gender critical? OMG you are a TERF bigot who is LITERALLy murdering transpeople.

Cloudy thinking. Gets my goat.

thenightsky · 21/03/2019 10:29

People who use the "needs verbed" construction, as in "baby needs changed, cat needs fed, dog needs walked"

Oh God, yes, this Angry What the fuck is wrong with them? Surely they can see how awful it sounds.

LailaByron · 21/03/2019 10:32

People who slurp....tea/soup etc 🤢
Loud burping
Wet towels left on the floor
Teeth grinding
Spitting

Theunreasonableone · 21/03/2019 10:35

People who use the "needs verbed" construction, as in "baby needs changed, cat needs fed, dog needs walked

I think I'd cry if I heard someone say this.

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 21/03/2019 10:36

People who stand in food shops and do really chesty, dragging it up from their boots, coughs. It's gross.

burritofan · 21/03/2019 10:37

At the moment it's recipes that are too vague. Three eggs. What size? One tablespoon of soy sauce. Light or dark? I need to know.
Yes! I made pancakes yesterday that required "a knob of butter, melted". Who's to say what size a knob is? One woman's just right is another's ooh matron. Infuriating.

  • the duvet spilling out of the bottom cover then the cover being all flappy and empty at the top
  • websites that auto-refresh every time you filter, so if you're looking for patent yellow strappy heels you have to tick patent, then it all reloads; then tick yellow; it all reloads, etc. Just let me tick with wild abandon & manually load it FFS
TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 21/03/2019 10:38

People who act like someone serving them saying "no worries/problem" or (gasp) calling them "guys" has just pissed on their parents' graves. Get over yourself.

Similarly "omg that sounds AMERICAN!!1 UNACCEPTABLE!!!"

Stop it.

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 21/03/2019 10:39

And I honestly can't see what's so wrong with saying "X needs Y". Infact saying that "X is needing Y" is quite common round these parts...

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 21/03/2019 10:39

People not ringing ahead before visiting.
Slow walkers in front of me.
Queues.

peppersaunt · 21/03/2019 10:40
  • Ditto to noisy chewers (unfortunately both DH and DD - sometimes I just have to leave the room for a minute).
  • People who stand gormlessy at the top or bottom of escalators/doorways/ entrances to Tubes
  • Litterers. When I’m too old to be punched I’m going to start telling them off!
peppersaunt · 21/03/2019 10:42

Oh, and especially people behind you in queues who stand right on top of you beside you😡

thenightsky · 21/03/2019 10:43

the duvet spilling out of the bottom cover then the cover being all flappy and empty at the top

I've solved this by turning it over midweek. By the time its slithered down again, its washing day.

QueenoftheBiscuitTin · 21/03/2019 10:44

Chuggers who get in your face and don't accept it when you say 'No, thank you.'
People who put their basket on the conveyor belt and leave it for the cashier to sort out and put back. (Used to work in retail so this really pisses me off)
People who are offended by absolutely everything.
Drivers who don't indicate or get up your arse when you're doing the speed limit.
People who have no awareness of those around them when in a shopping centre.

NCforthis2019 · 21/03/2019 10:48

People who dig into butter

People who leave dishes on top of the counter top instead of in the dishwasher

Tourists with maps who stop in the middle of the street or in front of an escalator - just fuck off will you - we have so little time for lunch as it is!

People who are fake and will compliment everything about you

People who say ‘I don’t mean to be rude, but......’

People who ask me where I’m actually from and how come I can speak English so well. English is my countries frost language you dip shit - maybe do some research before you open your stupid mouth?

People who ask my why my children have brown hair - have you seen their father?!?! He’s English!

badlydrawnperson · 21/03/2019 10:49

People who talk on the phone as if they have swallowed a fucking megaphone - why?

Also all cunts who use speakerphone within 500 metres of anyone else.

RubyWho · 21/03/2019 10:49

A plethora of train behaviour:
-Manspreading
-Refusing to move bags etc off a spare seat
-Bellowing on the phone for the entire 90 min journey

Lush employees customer service. I know it’s not their fault. Luckily my local one have sullen employees and it’s refreshing.

-out of office replies that read as a magnum opus, especially if the person is only away for 1-2 days

badlydrawnperson · 21/03/2019 10:52

Oh, and especially people behind you in queues who stand right on top of you beside you

I have never ever accidentally turned around to look at something, knocking into the person who was too close, ever.

HarrySnotter · 21/03/2019 10:53

People who chew with their mouth open. I don't need to see your mashed up food thank you.

Anyone who comes to my door when I'm not expecting them to. (Miserable cow that I am)

People preaching to me about what I should or shouldn't be eating.

General rudeness. Never acceptable.

Original poster
TheLoneWolfDies · 21/03/2019 11:15

I was in the shop a few weeks ago and I witnessed a GROWN WOMAN, shouting at the staff because they don't do loyalty cards for their coffee.
I'm seriously still trying to get my head around this. She told them that they should be ashamed and that by law their supposed to have them?
This woman was in her 40s, honestly, what bloody law is there to say that you should get a free cup of coffee every 10 cups?
I have never wanted to smack someone so badly. If ds wasnt in the buggy I probably would have said something.
The woman she was shouting at was in her 60s BTW.

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SurgeHopper · 21/03/2019 11:42

I could honestly write an entire thesis in public transport pet peeves.

And that loyalty card incident above OP, Wtaf is that all about. They should be ashamed? Why?

Boggled. Mind. Truly.

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 21/03/2019 11:45

The word floor used when it should be "ground".